NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 vs AMD Radeon HD 7850
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 and AMD Radeon HD 7850 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
- Videocard is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 10 month(s) later
- Around 18% higher boost clock speed: 1178 MHz vs 1000 MHz
- Around 31% higher texture fill rate: 72 billion / sec vs 55.04 GTexel / s
- Around 37% better floating-point performance: 2,413 gflops vs 1,761 gflops
- Around 88% lower typical power consumption: 120 Watt vs 225 Watt
- Around 58% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 6100 vs 3870
- Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 673 vs 565
- Around 57% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s): 73.733 vs 47.041
- Around 11% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s): 4.888 vs 4.41
- Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames): 7218 vs 6173
- Around 17% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps): 7218 vs 6173
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 22 January 2015 vs 5 March 2012 |
| Boost clock speed | 1178 MHz vs 1000 MHz |
| Texture fill rate | 72 billion / sec vs 55.04 GTexel / s |
| Floating-point performance | 2,413 gflops vs 1,761 gflops |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt vs 225 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 6100 vs 3870 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 673 vs 565 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 73.733 vs 47.041 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.888 vs 4.41 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7218 vs 6173 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7218 vs 6173 |
Reasons to consider the AMD Radeon HD 7850
- 171.4x more memory clock speed: 1200 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s
- Around 30% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 1028.005 vs 792.44
- 2.1x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s): 72.975 vs 35.338
- Around 24% better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s): 249.482 vs 200.825
- 8.4x better performance in 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score: 1312 vs 157
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Memory clock speed | 1200 MHz vs 7.0 GB/s |
| Benchmarks | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 1028.005 vs 792.44 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 72.975 vs 35.338 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 249.482 vs 200.825 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3696 vs 3691 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3351 vs 3335 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3696 vs 3691 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3351 vs 3335 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 1312 vs 157 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
GPU 2: AMD Radeon HD 7850
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| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score |
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960 | AMD Radeon HD 7850 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 6100 | 3870 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 673 | 565 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 18663 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 73.733 | 47.041 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 792.44 | 1028.005 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 4.888 | 4.41 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 35.338 | 72.975 |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 200.825 | 249.482 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 7218 | 6173 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3691 | 3696 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3335 | 3351 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 7218 | 6173 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3691 | 3696 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3335 | 3351 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 157 | 1312 |
Compare specifications (specs)
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| Architecture | Maxwell 2.0 | GCN 1.0 |
| Code name | GM206 | Pitcairn |
| Launch date | 22 January 2015 | 5 March 2012 |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $199 | $249 |
| Place in performance rating | 524 | 526 |
| Price now | $229.99 | $449.59 |
| Type | Desktop | Desktop |
| Value for money (0-100) | 34.63 | 11.01 |
| Design | AMD Radeon HD 7000 Series | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 1178 MHz | 1000 MHz |
| Core clock speed | 1127 MHz | |
| CUDA cores | 1024 | |
| Floating-point performance | 2,413 gflops | 1,761 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 28 nm |
| Pipelines | 1024 | 1024 |
| Texture fill rate | 72 billion / sec | 55.04 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 120 Watt | 225 Watt |
| Transistor count | 2,940 million | 2,800 million |
| Stream Processors | 1200 | |
Video outputs and ports |
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| Audio input for HDMI | Internal | |
| Display Connectors | Dual Link DVI-I, HDMI 2.0, 3x DisplayPort 1.2, 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 3x DisplayPort | 1x DVI, 1x HDMI, 2x mini-DisplayPort |
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| Maximum VGA resolution | 2048x1536 | |
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Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | PCIe 2.1 x16 |
| Height | 4.376" (11.1 cm) | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 3.0 x16 |
| Length | 9.5" (24.1 cm) | 210 mm |
| Recommended system power (PSU) | 400 Watt | |
| SLI options | 2x | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pins | 1x 6-pin |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12.0 (12_1) | 11 |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | 4.5 |
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Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 2 GB |
| Memory bandwidth | 112 GB / s | 153.6 GB/s |
| Memory bus width | 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 7.0 GB/s | 1200 MHz |
| Memory type | GDDR5 | GDDR5 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
Technologies |
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